Reinforcing means for silos.



P. B. NAYLOR. RBINFOROING MEANS FOR slLos.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEZS, 1910.

Patented Apr. 4, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIcE.

PAUL '3. Karma, or Kansas orrY, MISSOURI.

REINFOhCING MEANS FOR BI'LGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1911- Application no fame as, 1910. Serial no. 568,522.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I PAUL B. NAYLOII, a citizen of the Unite States, residing at Kansas City. in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reinforcii Means for Silos; and I do declare the to lowing to be a full, clear, and exact descri tion of the invention, such as will enabl others skilled in the art to which it appertains'to malre and use the same.

This invention relates to reinforcing means for silos, and es ecial'ly to means for securely fastening and bracing the roof and the upper portion of the silo.

One ob'ect of my invention is to provide novel an 'etlicient means for reinforciin; the top of the silo staves and always retain the same in position without regard to the contraction and expansion of the staves under the influence ofthe various climatic changes encountered.

Another object of ny invention is to provide means for bracing the roof and silo top and for. connecting the silo roof to the upper end of the body portion of the silo.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrange-- meat, of parts as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims. o

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the upperportion of a silo equi 'iped with my improved reinforcing means parts being broken away and in section. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the silo with the roof sections removed. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of a portion of the reinforcing means.

Like reference nun'icrals indicate corre- ,sponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, which are for illustrative purposes only and therefore are not drawn to scale, the numeral 1 represents the upper portion of a silo of the usual or any desired shape and size, and constructed of a plurality of stares 2 havingjuitalile grooves 8 and tongues l adapted to eoiipen of the form illustrated and described in my co-pendin application Serial Number 538481 fi ed Jan. 17, 1910.

At the upper extremity of the body portion of'tlie silo Iprovide a top-reinforcing member 6, comprising inner and outer sections 7 concentrically arran ed and connected together bv U-shape es or hangers 8, which are adapted to fit o'ver the top of the silostaves and enage the top and sides thereof, substantial y as indicated in Fig. 2. This top-reinforcing member is preferably adjustable, and as herein shown each section 7 is constructed of a plurality of pieces 9 adapted to be coupled together by means of the connecting blocks 10, the latter being formed with longitudinal threaded openings 11 adapted. to receive thethreaded end portions 12 of the pieces 9. Owing to this construction, I am enabled to adjust my toprcinforcing member to cl'osel engage the inner and-outer sides of the si 0 staves, and in such adjustable position the member serves to prevent the expansion of the silo staves, strengthens 'tli'cm, and retains them in their normal position.

' A plurality of anchoring rods 13 are suitably secured at their lower extremities adjacent the ground, and at their upper extremities are threaded, as at 14. These rods 13 extend through the silo staves near the upper ends thereof, and are secured in this position by means of clamping nuts 15 threaded u )Oll the anchoring rods. The upper ends of the anchoring rods 13, as herein shown, extend through the silo staves above the topreinforcing ring 6 or between said ring and the top of the staves, thereby serving to prevent the accidental removal or dislocation of this reinforcing ring.

My roof-bracing or securing means preferably comprises a plurality of radially-dis posed inclined rods 16 having their lower extreinities threaded, as at 17, and extended through the upper portion of the slaves 2 between the reinforcing .'ring 6 and the top of the staves, the said threaded extremities llbeing secured in this position by means of qclamping nuts l8'threadcd upon the rods. "llhe rods 16 are adapted to extend alonn the rafters 19 of the silo root, and at their upper extremities are provided with eyes or hooks 20, by means act which said rods are con- Iiecte'd to a supporting and cormecting ring 21.:1rranged near the apex of the silo roof. Hangers 22 suitably secured upon the raftill ers .19 are adapted to support the rods 16, while a plurality of links 23 surrounding the rafters 19 are adapted to extend through the eyes 20 at the upper extremities of the rods 16.

As clearly shown in Fig. 2, the connecting ring 21 passes through each of the eyes 20 upon the rods l6 and joins the rods and the rafters together to strengthen and integrate the same. The sections or shingles 24 are suitably secured upon the rafters l!) by shingling nails or other suitable securing means.

It will be apparent from the above description that I have provided means to reinforce the tops of the silo staves and also connect the reinforced upper portion with the roof-supporting frame, thus enabling the roof and body portion of the silo to cooperate to brace and retain the various sections in their normal position. Means are also provided by which the reinforced upperportion of the stares may be suitably braced or anchored from the ground, and these bracing means have been utilized to assist in retaining in position the reinforcing means for the upper portions of the silo stares.

From the foregoing description taken in connection With the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood Without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the principleor sacrificing any of'the advantagcs of this invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having described my invention, I claim: 1. A. reinforcing means for silos, comprising a member adapted to embrace the upper ends of the silo staves, said member being formed with inner and outer sections connected by a substantially U-shaped yoke.

52. A reinforcing means for silos, comprising a member adapted to embrace the upper ends of the silo staves, said member comprising' inner and outer sections connected by a U-shaped yoke each section being composed of pieces, and means for adjustably connecting said pieces.

3. The combination with a silo, of means for reinforcing the same, comprising a member adapted to embrace the upper ends of the silo stares, a plurality of radially-disposed rods connected at one end to the upper portion of the stares, means for connecting the other ends of said rods, and means for supporting said rods from the silo roof.

4-. The combination with a silo, of means for reinforcing the same, comprising a member adapted to embrace the upper ends of the silo staves, anchoring rods secured at their lower extremities adjacent the ground, and at their upper extremities to the silo stares between said member and the upper ends of the staves, roof-supporting rods secured at one end to the silo staves between said member and the upper ends of said stares,- means for connecting the opposite ends of said roof supporting rods, and means for connecting said roof supporting rods "to the silo roof.

5. The combination with a silo having a side Wall, of staves and rafters supporting its roof, of a member to reinforce the upper ,ends of the staves, said member having inner and outer sections connected by a U-shaped hanger, a plurality of radially disposed rods secured at their outer ends to the upper portions of the stares, said rods being provided at their inner ends with eyes, a connecting ring adapted to extend through all'of said eyes, hangers connecting said eyes to the rafters, and other hangers connecting the intermediate portions of said rods to the ra ftersi In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witncsses.

PAUL B. NAYLOR.

Witnesses i M. W. Bnownn, H. G. Lninrnmn. 

